Sentence examples for opened serious from inspiring English sources

He could have opened serious negotiations with antigovernment protesters leading to free and fair elections.

Nick Clegg said that he wanted to explore the possibility of a deal with the Tories and the two parties have now opened serious talks about a pact.

In the 1980's, when other rebel groups, including the Revolutionary Armed Forces, opened serious talks with the government, the liberation army stayed away.

It was these individual ethical refusals which led us to make the restricted call for a moratorium on European research and academic collaboration with Israeli institutions until the Israeli government opened serious peace negotiations.

Since then, Israel and Syria have opened serious but indirect peace talks with Turkish mediation, and Mr. Assad is eager to rejoin the world, especially with a new American president to be elected this year.

However, another diplomat said that one consequence of the incident is that the Chinese and Americans have opened serious discussions to create a military-to-military communication hot line aimed at defusing maritime encounters.

Or will it open serious talks on conferring more autonomy on Kashmir, and if so, with whom?

Whether talks succeed or fail, the very act of opening serious negotiations could touch off divisions and confusion within the Taliban leadership.

All this opens serious questions about privacy, and about whether people are prepared to be constantly traceable, even if only by friends.

It is our hope that leaders will continue to ignore China's protests and threats, and that by continuing to honor the Dalai Lama they will finally persuade Beijing to open serious talks about granting autonomy to Tibet.

The cultured sister to Sydney's bright young thing has been sprucing herself up lately, adding daring architecture, opening serious restaurants and galleries, and raising her stature in the fashion monde.